Passion and Propriety
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When Cecily Blake, a clever but overlooked second daughter, is sent to spend the summer at Darlington with her eccentric great-aunt, she expects a dull season of embroidery and stilted conversation. Instead, she is swept into a web of matchmaking schemes, mysterious disappearances, and the arrival of a cold, infuriatingly principled man-Mr. Ashworth Hale-who may or may not be investigating her family.
As reputations unravel and secrets come to light, Cecily must decide what she truly wants: a secure match-or something far more scandalous... like love.
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